Reminders from Ronald Reagan

Former president of the United States Ronald Reagan died ten years ago on June 5. While leading the American people from 1981 to 1989 the U.S. economy grew, Soviet Union leader Mikhail Gorbachev famously tore down the Berlin Wall, and Reagan earned the title “The Great Communicator.”

Despite being an actor, former two-term governor of California, union president, and registered Democrat (until the mid 1950s), he eventually began to embrace conservative values on the basis that they were effective. Reagan acknowledged that the world has not become too complex for simple answers. He acknowledged and embraced policies that worked.

If the 40th president were alive today, he might offer the American people these reminders:

1). Government Overreach:

“The most terrifying words in the English language are: I'm from the government and I'm here to help.”

2). Inequality:

“The American dream is not that every man must be level with every other man. The American dream is that every man must be free to become whatever God intends he should become.”